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AVE MARIA
GRATIA PLENA
DOMINUS TECUM
Vol. 1, No. 41
Presbyterian
Leader Cites
O’Neill’s Book
Dr. Daniel Poling Calls
‘American Freedom’
Mnsl Reading For All
Professor James M. O'Neill’s
book. “Catholicism and American
Freedom” answers the attacks
heaped upon the Catholic Church
by Paul Blanshard, a noted
Presbyterian churchman and au
thor has declared.
In a review in the Christian
Herald, Danic4 A. Poling has
abandoned his former position
of viewing the Catholic Church
through Blanshard’s two anti
Catholic volumes and has been
won to Prof. O’Neill's viewpoints.
Both of Blanshard’s books,
American Freedom and Catholic
Power and Communism, Democr
acy and Catholic Power, were best
sellers.
Dr Poling, editor of the Herald,
stated in part:
“In a cortimendatory review of
Paul Blanshard’s best seller,
American Freedom and Catholic
Power, Dr. Poling states, “1
wrote: 'The volume cannot be
evaded what it affirms will
stand unless answered and dis
proved.’ I reviewed Dr. Blan
shard’s second book in the same
spirit. A careful reading of
’Catholicism and American Free
dom’ by James O’Neill, chairman
of the department of speech of
Brooklyn College, makes one thing
crystal clear: Every reader of the
Blanshard book owes it to himself
to read now the O’Neill book.
"Indeed this volume is just
about ‘must’ reading for every
literate American, Jew, Protestant
and Catholic. As a Protestant who
knows why he is a Protestant, who
is the sixth generation in an un
broken line of Protestant clergy
men, 1 am bound to write that, on
material submitted, supported and
defended in the two volumes,
James O’Neill answers Paul Blan
shard. Dr. Blanshard now has his
right to rebut.”
Dr. Poling observes that Profes
sor O'Neill’s book ‘renders Ameri
can freedom and presently our
basic unity a significant timely
service. He points out that Mr.
O’Neill in answering questions,
raises other questions which re
main unanswered and that it
‘‘would be impossible in one
volume to cover all the ground
now opened by the deep-cutting
plows of these two writers.”
"I hope, however,” Dr. Poling
continues, “that in the interest
of American unity, controversial
writing might now cease and a
volume be forthcoming written on
theme, ‘Here we stand, Americans
all!’ It is high time that repre
sentative American citizens, liter
ate. intelligent and patriotic, loyal
each to his own faith sit down to
gether and find their common
ground—find it, possess and hold
it against any attack of bigotry and
anti-God totalitarianism.”
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Reviewers Demand
Jurisdiction Over
Movie Advertising
MANILA—(NC)—The Philippine
Board of Motion Picture Review
ers is agitating here to have its
jurisdiction extended also over
movie advertising.
Officials of the board, which is
made up of six committees of
three members each, have com
plained that local movie advertis
ing has become increasingly vul
gar, misleading and often licent
ious. They have charged that inde
cent scenes eliminated from films
are sometimes played up by adver
tisers in newspapers and post
ers.
At present, the board can only
counsel theater owners and exhib
itors to “refrain from usinft post
ers, still pictures and billboards
which violate good taste and dec
ency.”
However, led by Dr. Vidal Tan,
president of the University of the
Philippines, the board is now work
ing in cooperation with Congress
man Emmanuel Pelaez to have a
bill introduced in Congress that
would place the content of movie
ads directly under its control.
“Catholic News'’
On WHKC At 6:45
“Catholic News”, the popular
weekly broadcast feature pre
sented by the Catholic Times
through the courtesy of WHKC,
Columbus, will be heard at a
new time beginning tomorrow,
Saturday. July 12.
The program, which brings
15 minutes of local, national
and international news with a
Catholic angle, is now in its
sixth year.
The program will go on the
air at 6.45 p. m. every Saturday
night instead of the former 6
p. m. time.
The Rev. David Dennis,
assistant editor of the Catholic
Times, is commentator.
WHKC broadcasts on 610 KC.
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Labor Party Asks
Government Aid
For All Schools
CANBERRA (NC) The Aus
tralian Labor Party has reached an
important decision affecting its
policy on financial assistance to
denominational schools.
In 1951 the policy-making trien
nial conference of the A.L.P. pass
ed a motion supporting government
aid to “all forms of education”.
There has since been some specu
lation about the exact meaning of
this phrase, particularly its exact
bearing on financial assistance to
non-gbvernmental schools.
Victorian delegates asked the
Federal Executive of the A.L.P. at
its annual conference here for an
interpretation of the policy which
stated that “The A.L.P. adopt as a
plank of the Federal Platform that
financial aid be granted for the
purpose of assisting all forms of
education.”
The interpretation given declar
ed: “Without limiting the general
ity of the word ‘assisting’ it may
be taken to mean direct financial
grants, grants of equipment, taxa
tion, concessions, sales tax conces
sions, scholarships and capital
grants.
“The word ‘assisting’ clearly
does not mean taking over and
managing or stopping financing.
“Without limiting the meaning
of the expression ‘all forms of ed
ucation’ it may be taken to mean
education conducted by the States,
private or denominational authori
ties, universities, technical schools
and institutes, artistic education,
education of the physically handi
capped, primary and secondary ed
ucation and research.”
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New Canadian Bishop
VATICAN CITY—(Radio, NC)—
The Rev. Louis Philippe Luissier,
director of pilgrimages to the Can
adian shrine of St. Anne de Beau
pre, has been named Bishop of the
Diocese of St. Paul. Alberta, Can.
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Cornerstone Blessed By Bishop Ready
Cornerstone laying ceremonies at the new addition to the Sacred Heart School in New Philadel
phia were highlighted last Sunday when Bishop Ready blessed the cornerstone as members of the
parish crowded in close by. The new addition is expected to be ready for occupancy by school time
this September. The new building project also included the construction of a two-story rectory. Shown
in the picture above, in addition to Bishop Ready are the Rev. Ambrose Freund, pastor the Rev. Ben
nett Applegate, acting superintendent of diocesan schools and Robert Kraus, Jr., architect. The offic
ial ground-breaking ceremonies for the new addition were held last April and construction began
almost immediately afterwards.
4 Victory Noll Nuns Compile
Laudable Record In Diocese
Four Victory Noll Sisters will re
sume religious instruction next
month in two parishes in the Co
lumbus Diocese, after compiling an
impressive record during the past
12 months.
The sisters, who devote their
lives giving instruction in rural
areas to children attending public
schools, are active in St. Colman’s
parish. Washington C. H., and in
St. Joseph’s parish. Circleville.
War Vets Demand Ouster
Of Key UNESCO Official
BALTIMORE Ouster of Dr.
Ralph E. Turner from his key
UNESCO post in writing a history
of mankind, on the ground that he
does not believe in God, was de
manded in a resolution adopted at
the 17th national Catholic War Vet
erans convention here.
Other resolutions adopted urged:
that President Truman proclaim
May 1, or the Sunday nearest to it,
as a day of prayer, supplication and
thanksgiving to God for graces re
ceived that Congress support a
program to increase social security
benefits for persons between 65
and 75 from $175 to $200 to rem
edy hardship cases and that the
Veterans Administration adopt a
program of chiropractic health
services for all disabled veterans.
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New Philippine Prelate
OZAMIZ CITY, Mindanao, P. I.—
(NC)—Three hundred years of Ca
tholic history in this region of the
Philippines were climaxed in in
stallation ceremonies here for the
first Administrator Apostolic of the
recently created prelature of Oza
miz.
He is Msgr. Patrick H. Cronin of
St. Columban’s Society. New York
born Archbishop James T. G.
Hayes, S.J. of Cagayan installed
the 38 year-old prelate and pre
sided at his first Solemn Pontifical
Mass on the following day.
Home Economics Leaders
Pictured are the newly elected officers of the National Catholic
Council on Home Economics, held at the Columbus Hotel, Atlantic
City. They are (left to right) Sister Mary Brigetta, O. P., of St. Mary
of the Springs College, Columbus, O., treasurer Sister Rose Marie,
S.C., Seton Hill College, Greensburg, president, and Sister Agnes
Marie, S.S.J., Regis College, Weston, Mass. (NC Photos)
The Catholic es
Columbus 16, Ohio,
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Their home, the Convent of the As
sumption, is in Washington C. H.
The nuns taught 277 children,
ranging in age from three to 18,
in the two parishes last year, ac
cording to a report this week hy
Mother Catherine, Superior.
Mother Catherine, who was the
first Mother General of the order
when it was founded by Bishop
Noll of Fort Wayne in 1922, is as
sisted by Sister Patrick, Sister
Ruth and Sister Carolyn.
At St. Colman’s, 140 students at
tended three hours of religion
classes each week. Of these 29 were
of pre-school age, 79 were elemen
tary pupils and the remaining were
high school teen-agers.
At St. Joseph’s Church, 43 boys
and girls under six years of age
received catechetical instruction,
along with 83 grade schoolers, and
11 high school students.
The nuns conducted a religious
vacation school there for two
weeks during June, instructing 79
children and making 180 home vis
its.
The year’s “inventory” also
shows that the sisters, in their work
at St. Colman’s, were instrumental
in converting five adults, instruct
ed a First Communion class of 17.
and made 1343 visits to homes in
the parish.
Moreover, their work in Wash
ington C. H. is expected to expand
as an addition to the Parish build
ing is now underway.
An auditorium, four classrooms,
and an attractive cafeteria-social
room will be ready by next spring.
The sisters are members of the
Congregation of the Missionary
Sisters of Our Lady of Victory, Vic
tory Noll, Huntington. Ind. They
came to the diocese in August.
1950. at the invitation of Bishop
Ready to work in the above named
cities which have no parish schools
They instruct the children on a re
leased time plan.
At the present, the four nuns
are on “vacation”,Mother Cather
ine is at Huntington, Ind., Moth
er House Sister Patrick is teaching
summer school at Richmond, Ky.
and Sisters Ruth and Carolyn are
taking a census at Sacred Heart
parish, Coshocton.
They will start another year of
work in Washington C. H. and
Circleville the last week of August.
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Fr. Noon, Native
Of New Lexington,
Dies in Chicago
Requiem High Mass was celebrat
ed in the Shrine of St. Jude, Chi
cago, Tuesday for the Very Rev.
William D. Noon. O.P., S.T.M., a
native of New Lexington, who died
Friday. He was 76.
Fr. Noon, who offered his gold
en anniversary Mass in St. Rose
Church, New Lexington, in 1948,
had been ill for three weeks. He
was stationed at the Shrine of St.
Jude.
Ordained Mar. 5, 1898 in Rome,
Fr. Noon later served as president
of two universities—the Universi
ty of Santa Tomas in Manila and
the University of Providence in
Rhode Island.
He is survived by two sisters and
a brother.
Friday, July 11, 1952
Current Diocesan
Television Series
Will End Sunday
The lives of two American
saints and a famed religious will
be featured on the last of the cur
rent series of Diocesan television
shows Sunday.
The series, entitled “People Who
Have Made Our History Holy,” will
be seen over WBNS-TV from 2:30
to 3 p. m.
Portrayed on this week’s show
will be: Mother Mary Walsh, foun
dress of the Dominican Order of
the Sick Poor St. Rose of Lima,
noted for her life of penance and
charity and Mother Cabrini, the
first American citizen to be can
onized a saint.
The show is directed by the
Rev. Robert G. White of St. Joseph
Cathedral, Columbus, and directed
by Edward D. Barrow. Others ap
pearing on this week’s program
will be:
Helen McDaniel, Helen Ann Fox,
Sally Hutchins, Martha Uhl, An
tonia Dabo, Viola Ricci, Rita Big
house, Dick McIntosh, and Ray
Wildi.
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Lutheran Raps
Conant’s Stand
On Education
RIVER FOREST, Bl. (NC) A
prominent Lutheran educator made
a vigorous reply here to charges
that church schools are a threat to
national unity.
He was Dr. A. C. Stellhorn, sec
retary of schools for The Lutheran
Church-Missouri Synod, who took
particular exception to the recent
statement of President James B.
Conant of Harvard University that
“the greater proportion of our
youth who attend independent
schools, the greater the threat to
our democratic unity.”
Addressing the Synod's educa
tion conference, Dr. Stellhorn de
clared that “under certain circum
stances, or to certain audiences, in
fluential men, like Dr, Conant,
sometimes make statements for
which they have no evidence, and,
when pinned down, regret and
modify them.”
"Dr. Conant infers disunity in
our national life, or at least a dis
unity in the future, if we continue
a dual system of education,” he
said. “If he speaks of the future,
he would have to base his predic
tion on the experience! of the past.
Does he, then, charge that the pri
vate and church schools of the past
have brought about an observable
disunity? If so, where is the evi
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27-28.
1952
1953
I
Slovene Bishops Not Bowing
To Commie Dominated Regime
Hierarchy Offers To Recognize Government-Backed
Clergy Society If Basic Rights Are Guaranteed
By Rev. Joseph J. Sullivan)
(Radio, NCWC NEWS SERVICE)
ROME—The offer of the Slovene
Bishops to recognize the govern
ment sponsored society of priests,
under certain basic conditions, is
part of negotiations which have
been going on with the Yugoslav
regime for some time.
This is the information supplied
here by thoroughly reliable and
extremely well informed Solvene
sources.
At the same time these sources
scoffed at the impression created
by some news stories that the
Bishops had surrendered to the
regime. They emphasized that the
Bishops have shown themselves
absolutely uncompromising on
things touching the rights of the
Church.
The sources consulted here are
entirely outside the Vatican. Com
petent Vatican officials would
make no comment on reports of
the negotiations.
The Slovene prelates involved
are Bishops Anton Vovk of Ljubl
jana, and Maximilian Drzecnik,
Apostolic Administrator of Mari
bor and Msgr. Michael Toros,
Apostoloc Administrator for the
section of the Gorizia archdiocese
in Yugoslavia.
The government sponsored
association of priests is known as
the Society of SS. Cyril and Me
thodius. Some reports state that
it has a membership of almost
half the thousand priests in
Slovenia. Recent reports state that
all newly-ordained priests must
join the association in order to
receive government permission to
exercise their ministry.
The Slovene Bishops are de
manding a change of the society’s
constitution prior to giving it
episcopal approval. They want
removal of those parts of the
association's constitution which
refuse to recognize the Church’s
legitimate rights.
It is believed the Yugoslav
government will not accept the de
mands of the Bishops and as a
consequence no agreement on this
matter can be expected between
the Bishops and the government.
The Slovene sources here stated
Thursday, May 14—Ascension Day (No class).
Thursday, June 4—Closing of High Schools.
Friday, June 5—Closing of Elementary Schools.
that two things have prompted the
Slovene Bishops to negotiate with*
the government regarding recogni
tion of the Society of SS. Cyril
and Methodius.
First, tnere has been extreme
pressure by the government to get
approval of the association by the
Bishops. Secondly, the government
has extended certain privileges to
the members of the society which
the Bishops would like to see
extended to all priests.
These privileges include the
right to teach catechism and
special rationing considerations.
The only chance of a possible
agreement, according to the
sources here, would be if the
government felt it could maintain
its control over priests while at
the same time granting the con
cessions demanded by the Slovene
Bishops.
The Society of SS Cyril and Me
thodius is similar to government
sponsored associations of priests
set up in most communist countries
where there is a sizeable Catholic
population.
Educational Planners
Give Progress Report
Sept. 2 Date Set For Opening
Of School For 1952-53 Season
Vacation-bound Columbus parents have been deluging
the offices of the Times and school superintendent’s office
with requests for school opening dates with the result that the
following school calendar is being published for their use.
The Columbus Diocesan elementary schools will open
their doors for the 1952-53 season
on Tuesday, Sept 2. High school
classes will begin on Sept. 3.
This year’s calendar calls for
180 school days.
The school year will be pre
ceded by a meeting of the prin
cipals and teachers at St. Mary
of the Springs College, Columbus,
on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug.
Community Supervisors and Dio
cesan consultants will meet Aug.
27.
Features of this year’s school
calendar include a 16-day Christ
mas vacation, a food preservation
workshop Oct. 13, the high school
music festival, elementary school
band concert, a spelling bee, and
of course—school closing on June
5.
Diocese Of Columbus
School Calendar-1952-1953
Week of August 18-22—Gregorian Institute
Tuesday, August 26—Meeting of Dr. O. M. Goodloe and nursing
staff with Columbus school principals.
Wednesday, August 27—Principals and Teachers Meeting.
Wednesday, August 27—Community Supervisors and Diocesan Con
sultants Meeting.
Thursday, August 28—Principals and Teachers Meeting.
Tuesday, September 2—Elementary Schools Open.
Wednesday, September 3—High Schools Open.
Monday, October 13—Columbus Day (No class).
Monday, October 13—Food Preservation Workshop.
Friday, October 17—End of First six-week period.
Monday, October 27—Achievement Test (All Elementary Schools).
Sunday, November 23—High School Music Festival.
Thursday, November 27—Thanksgiving Day (No class).
Friday, November 28—Thanksgiving Vacation.
Friday, November 28—End of Second six-week period.
Monday, December 8—Immaculate Conception (No class).
Friday, December 19—Christmas Vacation.
Monday, January 5—Classes resume.
Monday, January 19 Semester Examinations Elementary and
High Schools.
Friday, January 23—End of First Semester (No class).
Monday, February 23—Washington's Birthday (No class).
Friday, March 6—End of Fourth six-week period (29 days).
Wednesday, April 1—Easter Vacation (noon elosing).
Tuesday, April 7—Classes resume.
Sunday, April 12—Elementary School Central Band Concert.
Friday, April 24—End of Fifth six-week period.
Monday, April 27—Achievement Test (All elementary schools)
Saturday, May 2—Semi-final Spelling Bee.
Saturday, May 9—Spelling Bee Finals.
Monday, May 11—First Grade Registration.
Congress Formally
Admits 8 Italian
Missionary Sisters
WASHINGTON (NC) Eight
Italian nuns, members of the Mis
sionary Sisters of Verona, are ad
mitted to permanent residence in
the United States under the terms
of a bill enacted by Congress this
week. The measure was sponsored
by Representative J. Vaughan
Gary of Virginia.
The Italian nuns were first ad
mitted to the United States on stu
dents’ visas in September, 1950.
and these were renewed last Oc
tober. They came to this country
to study the social conditions of
Negroes, especially in the rural
areas of the Richmond Diocese.
The majority of them are register
ed nurses.
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Truman Appoints Catholic
WASHINGTON (NC) Al
bert A. Carretta of suburban Ar
lington. Va.. has taken office as
a member of the Federal Trade
Commission here, appointed by
President Truman.
An alumnus of Georgetown Uni
versity law school, Mr. Carrett has
taught corporation law and cor
poration finances at the Catholic
University of America since 1942,
and has also conducted courses in
finances at Georgetown's foreign
service school.
Detained By Soviet Guards
American authorities demanded the release of these three priests
of the Archdiocese of Chicago and a German girl employee of the
Berlin office of War Relief Services—National Catholic Welfare Con
ference, arrested by Soviet border guards when the jeep in which
they were touring Berlin went a few feet into the Soviet xone. The
priests who were enroute home from the International Eucharistic Con
gress at Barcelona are, left to right: Rev. Martin R. Borowczyk, of
Oak Lawn, III. Rev. George A. Gorski, Evanston, III. Rev. Bernard
E. Sokolowski, Chicago. All three and Mrs. Katherine Wintzler were
released after thirty hours "captivity." (NC Photos)
PRAY GOD TO
SEND LABORERS
INTO THE HARVEST
Price Ten Cents $3.00 A Yeer
Adopt Several
New Teaching
Methods Here
Four important meetings which
helped chart the course of educa
tional methods in Columbus Dio
cesan schools were held during the
past school year and the results
of these meetings are contained in
a report issued this week by the
Rev. Bennett Applegate, acting
superintendent of schools for the
Diocese of Columbus.
The report, titled “Curriculum
Development Committee Member
ship and Summary Reports, 1951
1952’ outlines the purpose of the
various meetings, their agenda, and
their accomplishments.
The meetings of education lead
ers of the diocese were under the
sponsorship of the Diocesan School
Board office. Members of the “Cur
riculum Development Committee*
include priests, principals and
teachers of the Diocese. They are
appointed to their posts for one
year periods.
One of the decisions which will
directly affect the school children
is in the method of grading the
student on his periodic report card.
Letters will be used in preference
to numerals, beginning in Sept
ember.
Adoption of the Laidlaw History
book use of specific picture
studies in connection with the Art
Syllabus suggested, and visits to
four scjiools for school demon
strations of* the Language Arts
program were accomplishments of
the elementary directing commit
tee.
The second meeting, conducted
by the vocation committee, publish
ed and distributed a vocation
prayer among the diocesan school
children.
Over 1200 girls attended a Sym
posium on Religious Life conduct
ed for 8-12 grade girls of the
Diocese at St. Mary of the Springs
College, Columbus.
This committee suggested that
annual meetings be held for girl*
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Fair Election
Code Written
By Churchmen
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
Democratic and Republican par
ty officials have been urged by six
nationally-known religious leader*
to eliminate racial and religious
prejudices from the presidential
campaign.
It was suggested that a non
partisan and non-sectarian com
mittee in every community, keep
a watchful eye on campaign activ
ities and notify political leaders of
any violations.
“Let us make certain that our
election campaigns are in every
sense free and worthy of a nation
founded on the principles of the
brotherhood of man and the Fa
therhood of God.” the appeal said.
A “Fair Election Practice*
Code,” signed by the six men, urg
ed “all candidates to take all neces
sary measures to prevent any ex
pression of racial or religious bias
by their adherents and to condemn
publicly and emphatically every
occurrence thereof.”
Signers of the code were Bishop
Edwin V. O'Hara of Kansas City
the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill,
president of the National Council
of the Churches of Christ in the
U.S A., and Dr. Arthur S. Flem
ming, vice president Rabbi Simon
G. Kramer, president of the Syna
gogue Council of America Dr.
George N .Shuster, president of
Hunter College and a prominent
Catholic layman and Jacob Blau
stein, president of the American
Jewish Committee.
The Sacred Priesthood
The lack of vocations in fam
ilies of the middle and upper
classes may be partly explain
ed by the dissipations of mod
ern life, the seductions, which
especially in larger cities, pre
maturely awaken the passions
of youth the schools in many
places which scarcely conduce to
the development of vocations.
Nevertheless, it must be admit
ted that such a scarcity reveals
a deplorable falling off of faith,
in the families themselves. Did
they indeed look at things in
the light of faith, with greater
dignity could Christian parents
desire for their sons, what min
istry more noble, than that
which, as we have said, is wor
thy of the veneration of men
and angels?
From the Encyclical
“Ad Catholici
Sacardotii"
Pius XI